Hall of Fame Chapter 5

Contest?!

Ash and Brock were enjoying some bro time in the Pokemon center eating some lunch in the lounge area until someone changed the channel to a Pokemon contest

"Oh look its a Pokemon contest!" said Brock shifting his attention to the screen

"Oh I heard of those aren't they meant to show of the Pokemon's appearance instead of strength?" asked Ash

"Yeah but sometimes if you have a pokemon that is known to be strong like a machamp then showing off strength is a good idea" said Brock watching a coordinator with her bellsprout

"You almost sound like you did one" said Ash

"No but I have watched some there interesting but I think they need something to keep me interested enough"

"I think I would try one I mean I think it would be cool to showoff my Pokemon who don't really battle a lot"

"Like who when you fought me they all seemed tough enough to be a good battler" commented Brock thinking back to his fight with Ash 'Pikachu and Riolu are natural battlers, Nidoran seemed new but it fought good, Pidgeotto was tough to see since it had a disadvantage same thing with Butterfree'

"I don't know well I gotta go I need to move on I think the next stop is Castelia City I'm heading towards Burgh the bug type gym leader that way I can get Pidgeotto some more action" said Ash having Pikachu come onto his shoulder

"You mind if I join you?" asked Brock

"You sure I mean you are a gym leader don't you have to stay here in pewter city" said Ash

"Yeah but you know I can take a break every now again, so how about now" said Brock

"Awesome I get to travel with Brock isn't that great Pikachu!"

"Pikachu!"

"Alright I think we need to get a move on"

In Petalburg woods

"Man this whole 5 regions in one thing is really confusing even after this long" commented Brock

"Yeah but since we are in Petalburg woods aren't we near Petalburg city" said Ash

"Yeah but if you expect a gym battle then you have to wait a little longer" said Brock

"What do you mean?" asked Ash with Pikachu mimicking his confusion

"Well even though the 5 regions merged into one they have similar areas" said Brock

"How so I looked at the map and I don't see any similarities it seems pretty random"

"Maybe but you know how I said Roark and Roxanne were in the City" said Brock

"Yeah...what of it"

"Well it turns out cities and towns that have gym leaders of the same type were merged, so technically Pewter City is a mix of Pewter, Oreburgh and Rustboro but we decided to name it Pewter for being the first rock gym" said Brock

"I see so that means that all the normal type gym leaders are in petalburg city!" exclaimed Ash

"Yep all of the same type gyms are in the same city/town" said Brock "but petalburg is still deciding the leader between them, Whitney didn't want to continue being a gym leader so it was between Cheren and Norman May and Max's father"

"Wait May and Max's dad is a gym leader and he's fighting this other gym leader Cheren" said Ash recapping the events

"Yeah Cheren started out as a trainer like you and me but after his journey he took over Lenora of Nacrene City gym so now they are currently competing to see who is better and better fit to become the normal type gym leader" said Brock

"Cool but wait what about- wait I saw something" said Ash looking around him with Brock following suite

"Look up there, its two Pokemon"

" Its a treecko and a taillow"

A treecko and taillow were up in the tree with the treecko chewing on his twig while the taillow looked ready for a battle

"Oh I see so taillow you want to battle!" yelled Ash at the taillow who chirped back in response "Alright go pidgeotto"

"Pidgeotto use quick attack!"

Pidgeotto and Taillow entered a sky battle with each using quick attack to get the advantage, pidgeotto had the power but taillow wouldn't give up it eventually got a critical hit sending pidgeotto to the ground luckily Ash caught it

"Good job pidgeotto return and take a long rest" said Ash returning pidgeotto

"Man that taillow is perfect for you" said Brock noticing the similarities

"How so"

"He never backs down he doesn't care if he has a disadvantage or not he still pulls through sounds just like you"

"...Oh now I have to catch it go pikachu!"

"pikachu use thunder shock"

pikachu scored a direct hit but taillow shrugged it off

"What! No effect!"

"It had an affect but taillow won't give up" commented Brock

"Pikachu quick attack"

Pikachu used quick attack and while taillow counter with its wing attack after some smacking around from taillow pikachu got a good hit in, after it was knocked down pikachu used thunder shock for good measure but it still got back up

'I need to end this...'

"go pokeball"

The ball sucked in taillow and closed and proceeded t shake it clicked meaning taillow was caught but as soon as it was caught the treecko came from the tree and grabbed the pokeball with one hand and motion with the other one 'come at me'

"Fine I'll battle you too, Go riolu!"

"Riolu vs Treecko"